Laboratory Animal Infectious Agents/Diseases | Charles River

infectious agents 

We know that a microbial contamination has the potential to affect the integrity of your research. Having a better understanding of the infectious agents that can contaminate your facility allows you to develop a comprehensive plan to manage or prevent an outbreak. To support you, Charles River created technical reference sheets for the infectious agents prevalent today and historically. These sheets include pertinent information, such as affected species, transmission, clinical signs and lesions, diagnosis, inference with research, prevention and treatment.

If you would you like to discuss how an agent may affect your facility and your research, our professional staff, including veterinarians and other doctoral-level scientists with specialties in virology, microbiology and pathology, are available to consult on areas such as:

  • biosecurity program design
  • disease implications
  • post-contamination action planning
  • results interpretation


For more information, contact us at 1.800.338.9680 or comments@crl.comTo receive a cost estimate on your health surveillance program, please complete our Diagnostic Services Quote Form.

infectious agent / disease technical sheets

Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci (BHS)
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Cilia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus (CAR Bacillus; CARB)
Citrobacter rodentium (Citrobacter freundii biotype 4280)
Clostridium piliforme (Tyzzer's disease, CPIL)
Corynebacterium bovis
Corynebacterium kutscheri (Pseudotuberculosis)
Ectromelia Virus (Mousepox)
Encephalitozoon cuniculi (ECUN, E. cuniculi)
Guinea Pig Adenovirus (GpAV, GAV)
Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus (GpCMV)
Hantaviruses (Hantaan, Prospect hill, Puumala, Dobrava, Seoul, Sin Nombre, etc.)
Helicobacter species
Histopathology of Naturally Transmitted "Rat Respiratory Virus": Progression of Lesions and Proposed Diagnostic Criteria (Vet. Pathol. 46:5, 2009) – To obtain a copy, please contact Technical Services at 1.800.338.9680 or comments@crl.com.
Intestinal Protozoa in Rodents
Klebsiella species (K. oxytoca, K. pneumoniae)
Lactate Dehydrogenase Elevating Virus (LDV, LDHV)
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)
Mites: Fur Mites, Skin Mites, and Ear Mites (Acariasis)
Mouse Adenovirus (MAdV-1, MAdV-2, MAV)
Mouse Cytomegalovirus (MCMV)
Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV)
Mouse Parvoviruses (MPV-1, MPV-2, MPV-3, MVM)
Mouse Rotavirus (Epizootic Diarrhea of Infant Mice; EDIM)
Mouse Thymic Virus (MTV, MTLV)
Murine Norovirus (MNV)
Mycoplasma pulmonis
Pasteurella multocida
Pasteurella pneumotropica
Pinworms (Syphacia obvelata, S. muris, Aspiculuris tetraptera, etc.)
Pneumocystis (P. murina, P. carinii, P. wakefieldae, P. oryctolagi)
Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM)
Polyoma Viruses (Polyoma Virus, K Virus [Murine Pneumotropic Virus])
Proteus mirabilis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudoparasites
Rabbit coccidiosis (Intestinal and hepatic)
Rabbit Caliciviruses (Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus [RHDV], European Brown Hare Virus, Rabbit Calicivirus)
Rat Parvoviruses (RPV-1, RPV-2, RMV, RV [KRV], H-1)
Rat Rotavirus (Infectious Diarrhea Of Infant Rats; IDIR)
Reovirus (REO-3)
Salmonella (S. enterica, various subspecies and serotypes)
Sendai Virus (PI-1, SV)
Sialodacryoadenitis Virus (RCV, SDAV)
Simian Virus 5 (SV5, PI2, canine parainfluenza virus)
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptobacillus moniliformis (Haverhill fever, rat bite fever)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Theiloviruses (MEV [TMEV], RTV [GDVII])
Treponema paraluiscuniculi (Treponema cuniculi, rabbit syphilis)
Virus PCR Assay Panels: An Alternative to the Mouse Antibody Production Test

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